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DinahMoeHum

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3. Seems a GOP communications strategist didn't help matters either.

Reply to LandOfHopeAndDreams (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 05:18 PM

Aug 2018

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I think if Ron De Santis really wanted to go with an obviously racist hit straight after the primary, he should have said on live TV "I don't think Floridians want to elect a dude who looks like Obama and is aping Bernie Sanders."

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OK Mr. DeSantis, Let's See Some Tapes [View all] LandOfHopeAndDreams Aug 2018 OP

No one running for governor for a major electoral college state says this crap by mistake. dameatball Aug 2018 #1

I've never heard anyone use "monkey" PatSeg Aug 2018 #2

Seems a GOP communications strategist didn't help matters either. DinahMoeHum Aug 2018 #3

he didn't want to say "fuck this up" maxsolomon Aug 2018 #4

So a trumpista candidate for Governor of Florida goes on Fox for an interview with no retread Aug 2018 #6

Yes. He's an idiot. He's a Trumpist maxsolomon Aug 2018 #7

And yo know this, how? EffieBlack Aug 2018 #10

We know it's deliberate, how? maxsolomon Aug 2018 #11

He didn't mean to say "monkey". IggleDuer Aug 2018 #5

My first thought, too, when I heard he supposedly uses that phrase often. highplainsdem Aug 2018 #8

Why Do repukes Get Away With Shit Like This? LandOfHopeAndDreams Aug 2018 #9

Because they have the entire right-wing media behind them, as well as maxrandb Aug 2018 #12